Attachment for beds



June 19, 1956 s. D. BLEVINS 2,750,605

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United States Patent ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS Stanley D. Blevins, Billings,Mont.

Application April 15, 1953, Serial No. 348,857

2 Claims. (Cl. 331) This invention relates to a guard attachment forbeds and has for its primary object the protection of infants and smallchildren and of hospitalized patients including wounded servicemen.

The construction of this invention features the provision of a pair ofsupporting arms on which a guide panel can be pivotally and transverselymovably attached. This guide panel is adapted to prevent any personlying on a bed from rolling or falling off of the bed. The supportingarms of this attachment for beds are adapted to be secured to theunderside of the mattress supporting means of hospital beds, youthsbeds, and any conventional bed, and are equally adaptable for use onhospital ships and hospital airplanes used in evacuating the wounded.

Still further objects of the invention reside in the provision of aguard attachment for beds that is strong and durable, simple inconstruction and manufacture, capable of being installed on any of thevarious types of existing beds and which is relatively inexpensive toproduce.

These, together with the various ancillary objects and features of theinvention which will become apparent as the following descriptionproceeds, are attained by this attachment for beds, a preferredembodiment of which has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings,by way of example only, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of this attachment for beds;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view showing the device as installed on abed and showing in dotted lines the guard panel in a rotatedintermediate position;

Figure 3 is another elevational view of the invention shown installed ona section of a bed with the guard panel in a lowered position;

Figure 4 is another elevational view shown with the guard panel in astowed position;

Figure 5 is a. perspective detail illustrating the means for securingand vertically holding the guard panel in a stowed position relative tothe supporting arms; and,

Figure 6 is a sectional detail view of the locking means for holding theguard panel in a vertical position.

With continuing reference to the accompanying drawings wherein likereference numerals designate similar parts throughout the various views,reference numerals 10 and 12 generally designate a pair of supportingarms which have telescopically slidably inserted therein supporting armextensions 14 having seat clamps 16 preferably welded or otherwiseattached thereto, the seat clamp 16 including a threaded bolt 18actuated by means of a handle 20 so as to clampingly support the entireattachment to the slat supporting bed rails 22 or other mattresssupporting means. Of course, if found necessary other clamps, not shown,of conventional construction can be utilized to support the attachmentas may be desired.

Terminally secured to and depending from the outer sides of thesupporting arms 10 and 12 are a pair of carriage rails 24 and 26. Eachof the rails is provided with a pocket 28 at the front end thereof and astepped portion 30 at the rear end. The railings 24 and 26 are adaptedto be engaged by rollers 32 mounted on shafts 34 which are secured tothe vertical frame members 36 and 38 of a guard panel 40. The rollers 32are provided with a concave groove 42 within which the carriage rails 24and 26 are engaged.

Carried by the supporting arms 10 and 12 are a pair of ears 44 and 46which are internally threaded for threaded reception of cylindricalhousings 48. Extending through. each of the apertures 50 in the endwalls of the housings 48 is a rod 52 having a collar 54 secured theretoby means of set screws 56 or other suitable means. Threadedly orotherwise secured on the outer ends of the rods 52 are handles 58.Biasing the end walls of the housings 48 and the collars 54 are coilsprings 60 coaxial with the rods 52. When the guard panel 40 ispositioned in vertical position, the rods 52 are adapted to extend intoa tube lined aperture 62 in the frame members 36 and 38 of the panel 40.When the guard panel 40 is in an upright position, the rollers 32 willbe seated in the pockets 28 in the carriage rails 24 and 26.

When it is desired to lower the guard panel 40, it is merely necessaryto withdraw the rods 52 from their seats using the handles 58. Then, thepanel may be rotated until it reaches a horizontal position as is shownin Figure 3 at which time it may be pushed inwardly. The support arms 10and 12 have pins 64 secured thereto on which the rollers 66 are mounted.The pins 64 and rollers 66 are mounted so as to aid in the support ofthe guard panel when the guard panel is in a stowed position as is shownin Figure 4.

It is to be noted that this panel 40 is adapted to be used as a guardfor preventing small children from falling out of a bed or forpreventing a patient on a hospital ship or airplane from being tossedout of his bed should comparatively rough weather be encountered.Further, additional clamps or supporting means may be provided forsecuring the guard rails 10 and 12 in a more rigid manner if such isconsidered necessary depending upon the particular application of thedevice.

Since from the foregoing, the construction and advantages of thisattachment for beds are readily apparent, further description isbelieved to be unnecessary.

However, since numerous modifications will readily occur to thoseskilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specificationand accompanying drawings, it is not intended to limit the invention tothe precise embodiment shown and described, but all suitablemodifications and equivalents may be readily resorted to which fallwithin the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A guard attachment for beds comprising a pair of spaced supportingarms adapted to extend transversely to a bed, means carried by saidsupporting arms for securing said attachment to a bed, carriage railsdepending from said supporting arms, a guard panel, and guide meansdepending from said guard panel engaging said carriage rails supportingsaid guard panel for transverse movement along said carriage rails, saidguide means including rollers rotatably mounted on a shaft attached tosaid guard panel, said rollers being mounted on said carriage rails,said carriage rails having pockets at one end thereof providing meansfor lockingly seating said rollers with said guard panel in a verticalposition.

2. A guard attachment for beds comprising a pair of spaced supportingarms adapted to extend transversely to a bed, means carried by saidsupporting arms for securing said attachment to a bed, carriage railsdepending from said supporting arms, a guard panel, and guide meansdepending from said guard panel engaging said carriage rails supportingsaid guard panel for transverse movement along said carriage rails, saidguide means including rollers rotatably mounted on a shaft attached tosaid guard panel, said rollers being mounted on said carriage rails,said carriage rails having pockets at one end thereof providing meansfor lockingly seating said rollers with said guard panel in a verticalposition, a pair of ears secured to said supporting arms, and springpressed locking elements carried by said ears for locking engagementwith said guard panel to hold said guard panel in a vertical position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSDarnbrun Apr. 1, 1902 Paige Apr. 9, 1918 Bowden Dec. 4, 1923 ZimmermanMar. 7, 1933 Kroll et a1. Dec. 22, 1936 Hoffman Apr. 29, 1952

